According to the Hollywood Reporter, Disney is in final talks with commercial director Joseph Kosinski to develop and direct the next chapter of Tron. Yep, this Tron. If you're not excited, you're not retarded. No word on whether "Tron Man" here will be in any way involved.

The original, about a computer programr thrust into a computer and forced to fight in games he helped create, is remembered for its sci-fi gladiator-style battles and groundbreaking special effects. It was the first movie to use computer-generated images instead of models and other optical effects in conjunction with live action.

In the new version George Lucas finds out that Jar-Jar Binks has come to life and is banging his daughter. Okay, I made that up, but who wants to bet it's less stupid than whatever these assholes come up with? This dude is getting work based on stuff like this.

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I like that you update the site this early in the morning. Or is it just really late at night?I've never heard of this guy, but the only other thing is has in the works is a Logan's Run sequel, which is only in pre-production.

09.11.07 at 7:50 am

Dr. Love

Bruce Boxleitner has really let himself go…yikes!

09.11.07 at 8:11 am

Charlie Bronze

Bryce’s grandmother?

I love running gags.

09.11.07 at 8:13 am

Nominus

This will suck, unless the game he is inside of and has to beat is Leisure Suit Larry. But then it will only be good because it'll be a porno. Either way, I'm willing to bet there won't be enough facial money shots.

09.11.07 at 8:23 am

godotzilla

Yeah, but the dude in the supersweet spandex costume? I'd hit it … with a slaughterhouse cranial mallet.

09.11.07 at 9:08 am

bryce

Charlie, my grandmother has more facial hair and less gunt than that dude. Or is it the other way round…?Anyway, I thought that Tron was a bomb back when it was released. Are they so starved for ideas and talent that they are even remake/sequal/prequalizing the poorly received movies? Yes, apparently.

09.11.07 at 9:29 am

The Dude

This doesn't really surprise me. It's got a built-in draw due to the nostalgia factor (even if the original wasn't very good – Star Trek anyone?) and you just know there will be at least one video game tie-in with this. Probably more than one. A Tron MMORPG perhaps?But the marketing campaign will be genius in that totally annoying way: Some fast food chain will have Byte Size Burgers, Super-Sized Gigabyte Fries, RAM nuggets, and Floppy Shakes. All in a convenient Laptop tray.

09.11.07 at 9:38 am

bryce

The Dude's marketing savvy is scaring me… As it's Disney how about a new awesome thrill experience (ride) alongside the POTC one! *high five!*We'll have a power breakfast to work out the deets baby. Cio, got to go shopping for a new Porsche…

09.11.07 at 9:49 am

McHatred

That movie was good back in the early 80's but so was Flock of Seagulls. I wish Hollywood would just let sleeping dogs lie and quit trying to remake everything. $5 says they will try to remake, "Birth of a Nation," and still have the KKK glorified due to being lazy, unoriginal bastards.

09.11.07 at 9:50 am

McHatred

Oh, and Peter Griffin looks great in a Tron costume. At least you can't see the load of feces he's carrying in the back.

09.11.07 at 10:39 am

youandwhosearmy

starring the tourettes guy?

09.11.07 at 10:40 am

Fek'lhr

The Mighty Feklahr thinks that the Tron video game is much better than the Tron movie. He also feels that fat little dweebs in Tron suits should be incinerated by His lighted Gah farts.

09.11.07 at 10:50 am

Stone Soup

Feklahr (the Mighty) is correct, though I'm fairly certain his intelligence will devise a more suitable (and comedic) method of destruction for those deemed unworthy.Oh, and Hollywood – again – stop with the sequels. I'll resend my Evil Koala script asap.

09.11.07 at 12:02 pm

putthebottledown

how…..how did you get this picture of me?

09.11.07 at 12:05 pm

massconfuzion

From the look on that guys face you can tell that noone has ever told this guy WHAT THE FUCK WERE YOU THINKING!!!!!! looks like he is related to the stapler guy in office space…..

09.11.07 at 12:28 pm

cocaineandpercocet

This guy is getting costume ready for Halloween Friday at his office."Hey, Todd, nice costume.""WHOA. UMM. Are you, um… ugghh. Are you a computer.. chip?""Nah, man. Come on, you don't know what I am???""Are you a fat computer chip?""Dude. Tell me you can't tell what I am.""Are you a gay, fat computer chip?"

09.11.07 at 12:54 pm

Random Dude

Not sayin' this won't suck, but don't knock Joseph Kosinski. He's basically David Fincher's apprentice and has been under his guidance for a few years. Other Then the one already posted here he directed these two great gears of war and Halo commercials: H3 – [www.youtube.com]; GoW – [www.youtube.com]

09.11.07 at 1:23 pm

Jacktion!

Well I hope David Fincher taught him how to shoe a horse, because this movie's going to su-uck!

09.11.07 at 1:33 pm

Fek'lhr

I just have to break character for a moment here and say that this guy is one fo two things:A. A Virgin.B. A Pederast.

09.11.07 at 2:04 pm

bryce

Now call me picky but I don't think you can be B and A at the same time. Sorry, I don't know why I do that…

09.11.07 at 2:09 pm

Fek'lhr

Perhaps The Mighty Fek'lhr should have said, "ONE OF THREE THINGS" :A. A Virgin.B. A Pederast.C. Bryce's Grandmother.

09.11.07 at 4:32 pm

schwa

actually he isnt a bad director. i work as a vfx artist and have worked on some of his commercials including, halo and gears of war also, i love brit brit

09.11.07 at 4:45 pm

bryce

Hey, don't get pissy with me because my grandmother was to busy servicing Jacktion! to teach me to read good…

09.11.07 at 9:42 pm

brooklyn

soooo…i guess that nike thing is about future professional athlete millionaire lesbians who run so fast they make time speed up? i don't know…throw a pinch of that into TRON and we might have a winner. i'm officially on the "future millionaire lesbian TRON" train (Fu-Mil-Les-Tron-Tran for short). either get with it or get out of the way.

09.12.07 at 1:00 am

JimiChanga

1. To the people throwing out this guy's commercials as a defense of his filmaking abilities – how the hell does directing a 30-second commercial qualify you to direct a feature film? Commericals just have to look cool. Movies need things like exposition, plot and character development. That's like saying someone who draws great stick figures could go paint the Mona Lisa. Or that somebody who jerks off a lot is the next Wilt Chamberlain.2. I just don't get why they're remaking this movie. The only possible way it could be cool is if they went the parody route (a la the Brady Bunch movies) and just ripped into super-gay eighties culture. Like the movie Tron.3. Movie remakes are popular. Mash-ups are popular. Why not combine the two? If someone took Flight of the Navigator, Krull, the second Mannequin, and the Secret of Nimh and combined them into one movie it would be the most kick-ass piece of cinematography ever to grace the silver screen. Someone needs to get on that shit.